Reporting Service Tracks Iowa Crop Outlook
Iowa crop and livestock reporting service chief Leslie Carl and statisticians prepare Aug 1 conditions to estimate corn production for next month. They rely on about 1000 field reporters and regression charts to forecast a 58 bushel per acre yield totaling 624.6 million bushels, with weather still a key variable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Carl
Department of Agriculture
Bob” Overton
Carl
Overton
Knoxville
Towa
Livestock Reporting Service
Federal Department of Agriculture
State Department of Agriculture
Commerce Departments Weather Bureau
FENCE DRIFT Caught in the Woven Wire
R B C notes soil nitrogen and bacterial action affecting crop color. He explains plants absorb nitrogen in soluble form, but bacteria make it soluble during the growing season. Cold soil or waterlogged conditions hinder bacteria, causing yellowing, but this year conditions are favorable and nitrogen cycle is proceeding smoothly.
Olin area yields 85 bushels per acre on oats field
A 15 acre field of chin ton oats on the John Coder farm northwest of Olin averaged 85 bushels per acre. The field was harvested by Frank Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olin
John Coder
Frank Wilson
Spray Chemicals Dangers Warned by Wardle
Nor val Wardle, farm safety specialist at Iowa State college, warns that chemical sprays and dusts can cause disability and death if not handled properly. He urges containers to be closed metal with labels, kept away from food, used with respirators, and full body coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Norval Wardle
Iowa State College
Wardle
Hay Shortage Drives Minnesota Dairymen to Sell Cows
Gov Luther Youngdahl announced a conference this week to plan steps to ease a hay shortage that has forced dairy farmers to sell cattle. The shortage stems from dry weather in northeastern and north central Minnesota during May and June. Farmers are selling dairy cattle at about three times the normal rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST Paul
Ins
Luther] Youngdahl
Minnesota
Date of Achievement Day Set in Allamakee
WAUKON Allamakee county 4-H club girls plan Achievement Day on August 10 at the county fair grounds pavilion. County Extension Director Fred O Ney says 11 Rusubs will be represented by demonstration teams. The winning team will advance to the state fair and home furnishings project exhibits will also be judged.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
County Fair Grounds
Fred O' Ney
Rus « Ubs
Garatie
Archie Minish
Vigla
Keith Noll
Cedar Rapids
Minish
Rex Conn
Clyde Howery
4-H
Whittier
D. D. Offringa
Norval Hart
Mills Herd Tops Linn No 3 DHIA in June Report
The Halstein herd of Wallace and Agnes Mills of Coggon led Linn county No 3 DHIA for June. The herd produced an average of 54.4 pounds of butterfat and 1,533 pounds of milk, above the association average of 33.8 pounds of fat and 776 pounds of milk.
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Halstein
Wallace and Agnes Mills
Coggon
Linn County
Dhia
Robert Trumbull
Association
Oat Loan Rate Set In Delaware County
Delaware County farmers may obtain CCC and PMA administered oat loans after harvest with a rate of 70 cents per bushel. Applications should be filed at the county AAA office any time after harvest but no later than December 31, 1948 to receive full loan information. The program is overseen by AAA with CCC cooperation through state and county committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware County
Manchester
AAA
Chester O. McCarthy
McCarthy
CCC
PMA
County Aaa
Chinch Bugs Reported In Southern Iowa Counties
Chinch bugs are moving through southern Iowa. DDT and other new insecticides remain ineffective against the pests. Iowa State college Extension entomologist Harold Gunderson recommends creosoted paper fences between small grain and corn fields with post holes to trap and drown the bugs. control is not practical where bugs already infest corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AMES
INS
Iowa
Iowa State College Extension
Harold Gunderson
Maynard Holstein Sets Iowa Milk and Butterfat Record
A registered Holstein cow owned by J P Stewart of Maynard established Iowa's top dairy record. Selkirk Fairchild A Netherland led Iowa's senior 3-year-old Holsteins in the advanced registry test, producing 641 pounds of butterfat and 17,876 pounds of milk while milking twice daily. Testing was supervised by Iowa State College with the Holstein-Friesian Association for America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
J P Stewart
Maynard
Don Voelker
Extension
Iowa State College
Selkirk Fairchild
Netherland
Holstein-Friesian Association For America
Clinton Oats Best in Buchanan County Trials
Clinton oats topped nine other varieties in Buchanan county harvest tests conducted by Iowa State researchers. Partridge notes Clinton shows strong stand and early maturity with no disease. Benton Cherokees trail slightly. Mindo shows promise. Zephyr and Bonda lodge, Tama and Marion fare poorly.
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Clinton
Buchanan
Independence
Buchanan County
Iowa
Partridge
Bonda
Shelby
Zephyr
Tama
Dysart Mail Carrier Buys Black Hawk Farm
Dysart mail carrier Howard Dickson purchased the 240 acre William Wieben farm in Eagle township Black Hawk county. The price was 175 dollars per acre with possession set for March 1 1949. Realtor C C Harrington handled the sale.
Iowan Plant Food Co Op Plans Fertilizer Plant
Representatives of Iowa Plant Food Company's member cooperatives meet in Des Moines on July 30 to plan construction of a fertilizer plant. The Iowa Farm Bureau authorized the project and approved a capital stock increase. Raw materials include Florida rock phosphate Kansas nitrogen and New Mexico potash for production of superphosphate and mixed fertilizers.
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Des Moines
Iowa Plant Food Company
Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau
Plant Food Company
Ray Sorensen
Florida
New Mexico
Kansas
Heifer and Pig Classes Added to Bennett Fall Festival
Bennett adds dairy heifer and market pig classes to the annual fall festival held during Lent. Four cash prizes will be awarded across seven classes for both pigs and heifers with a $20 top prize for the grand champion pig. The festival is sponsored by the American Legion and Bennett community club to fund a memorial building.
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Bennett
The
American Legion
Bennett Community Club
Fayette Farm Bureau Picnic at Upper Iowa Aug 8
The Fayette county Farm Bureau festival and sports event will take place on the Upper Iowa University campus in Fayette on August 8. Guest speaker will be B. W. Lodwick head of the Farmers Home Administration in Iowa.
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Fayette
Fayette County Farm Bureau
Upper Iowa University
B. W. Lodwick
Farmers Home Administration
Iowa
Hog breeder Allen Lang on purebreds and hog futures
Interview with Allen Lang a 59 year old owner of 160 acres near Brooklyn Iowa. Lang discusses Hampshire hog breeding over 30 years, shifts between meat type and extreme lines, views on purebreds versus hybrids, breed conferences, and the outlook for hog production tied to corn and fall pig plans. He also comments on Brannan's fall pig push and party politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Lang
Brooklyn
Wallace
Elwood Burlingame
Grinnell
American Hampshire Registry
Power Shortage Slows REA Farm Electrification
Washington AP reports a major power shortage hampers REA expansion across plains states. North and South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Wyoming Montana face slowed or halted loan approvals as defaults await new power from army engineers or Bureau of Reclamation projects. Dakota and Nebraska rely on Fort Randall and Garrison schemes not to finish until 1951 or 1952.
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Washington
Plains
REA
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklaahoma
Wyoming
Montana
Dakotas
Army Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Fort Randall
S. D
Garrison
N. D
Porter Chosen Best of Farmer in Fayette County
Matthew Porter has been named the outstanding veteran farmer in Fayette county by the Fayette USDA council. He will compete in the district contest with other county winners for a chance to enter the state contest at the Iowa state fair. Porter, a 40 year army veteran and Iowa State College graduate, farms 120 acres, owning 65.
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Fayette
Matthew Porter
Fayette County
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ES Moines
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
R. B.C
Raspreart
Yore Howe
Gojka
Fane
Allamakee
Linn
Maynard Holstein
Iowa Iron & Coal CO
DIAL
A. BR. Henderson
L. O. Weston
Hazleton
Town
Henderson
Weston Farm
Weston
Dysart
Black Hawk Farm
F.B
Benen
Wills Bros. Coffee
Market Y
Nor
16Th Avenue
Rinso
Blue Barrel
Parkay Oleo
Doz
OUR Family
Grange
California
Elberta
EN Quay Food
Nash
Homart
Coupen
Gazette
EN Food Market
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Hampshire
Allen
Clayton Messenger
Keswick
Fred Timmerman
West Liberty
Frank Silver
Cantril
H. W Manuel
Center Junction
Brannan
Dewey
Stassen
Truman
Midwest
Porter
JOE Stark Food Market
First Street
Bbc
Wilson
Bermuda
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